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Introduction

Cotton, a fiber used in clothing and textiles, is and has been the most popular fiber in the world. In fact, most people do not realize the various fabrics made from cotton, such as velvet, denim, and flannel. 

Cotton has had a long, tumultuous history in regards to U.S. history,  as a material used by homo sapiens. For instance, cotton has been found to be used as fabric in the prehistoric times, with fragments of cotton also found to date back to the fifth millennium BC in the Indus Valley civilization. All throughout the world, be it with the Han Dynasty in China to the Aztecs in Mexico, or the Achaemenids in modern day Iran, cotton has been a material central to the human experience.

Cotton is typically measured by bale, a set weight and dimension. A bale of cotton equals 480 pounds; however, cotton may also be weighed in the tons (one ton is 2,000 pounds). 

Cotton is part of the Gossypium genus and is an insoluble cellulose that comes from the cotton plant. It is mainly grown in tropical and subtropical climates. After it is grown, picked cotton must go through processing—where it is cleaned, fluffed, and compressed—before it can be used for fabrics.

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1India5,900,000 t178,305,000 t107,590,000 t
2People's Republic of China5,730,000 t211,860,000 t134,250,000 t
3United States of America3,963,000 t10,322,990 t49,690,680 t
4Brazil2,678,000 t11,091,011 t6,347,987 t
5Pakistan981,000 t8,419,276 t25,247,511 t
6Uzbekistan940,000 t293,451 t6,157,844 t
7Turkey833,000 t980,000 t20,500,000 t
8Australia608,000 t50,226 t14,480,217 t
9Argentina349,000 t1,222,910 t19,776,942 t
10Mali340,000 t3,010,027 t37,124 t
11Benin332,000 t411,578 t
12Greece305,000 t287,410 t1,095,150 t
13Turkmenistan299,000 t150,000 t1,320,000 t
14Burkina Faso265,000 t395,443 t
15Ivory Coast240,000 t1,481,182 t
16Mexico231,000 t295,338 t2,986,689 t
17Cameroon156,000 t328,503 t437 t
18Myanmar153,000 t25,100,000 t111,215 t
19Tanzania141,000 t4,528,000 t77,000 t
20Sudan131,000 t34,133 t750,821 t
21Tajikistan109,000 t99,000 t846,000 t
22Nigeria93,000 t8,172,000 t55,000 t
23Iran80,000 t2,000,000 t15,000,000 t
24Kazakhstan80,000 t556,775 t14,257,950 t
25Egypt70,000 t4,893,507 t9,000,000 t
26Azerbaijan68,000 t9,397 t1,818,665 t
27Spain66,000 t739,230 t8,143,510 t
28Ethiopia62,000 t189,649 t5,478,709 t
29Chad61,000 t278,053 t1,815 t
30Zimbabwe57,000 t1,336 t150,000 t
31Togo55,000 t160,000 t
32Uganda45,000 t200,000 t25,000 t
33Bangladesh36,000 t54,905,891 t1,029,000 t
34Zambia27,000 t34,630 t191,620 t
35Syria25,000 t2,848,472 t
36Mozambique23,000 t137,243 t15,000 t
37South Africa23,000 t3,076 t2,109,100 t
38Malawi22,000 t145,446 t697 t
39Peru19,000 t3,436,637 t187,851 t
40Colombia16,000 t3,424,119 t6,295 t
41Kyrgyzstan12,000 t44,474 t629,052 t
42Senegal12,000 t1,349,723 t
43Israel8,000 t116,691 t
44Kenya4,000 t180,890 t404,700 t
45Paraguay4,000 t1,187,768 t1,302,870 t
46Indonesia3,000 t54,649,202 t
47Thailand2,000 t30,231,025 t1,423 t
48Vietnam2,000 t42,758,897 t
49Morocco1,000 t46,275 t2,561,898 t
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Cotton Production by Country

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349,000 t

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#9

1,222,910 t

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#35

19,776,942 t

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#11

Australia

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608,000 t

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#8

50,226 t

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#85

14,480,217 t

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#13

Azerbaijan

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68,000 t

Ranked in the World

#26

9,397 t

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#99

1,818,665 t

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#42

Bangladesh

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36,000 t

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#33

54,905,891 t

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#3

1,029,000 t

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#50

Benin

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332,000 t

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#11

411,578 t

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#51

Brazil

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2,678,000 t

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#4

11,091,011 t

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#9

6,347,987 t

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#21

Burkina Faso

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265,000 t

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#14

395,443 t

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#52

Cameroon

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156,000 t

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#17

328,503 t

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#55

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#119

Chad

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61,000 t

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#29

278,053 t

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#60

1,815 t

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#108

Colombia

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16,000 t

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#40

3,424,119 t

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#23

6,295 t

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#102

Egypt

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70,000 t

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#25

4,893,507 t

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#17

9,000,000 t

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#17

Ethiopia

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62,000 t

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#28

189,649 t

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#65

5,478,709 t

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#24

Greece

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305,000 t

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#12

287,410 t

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#58

1,095,150 t

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#48

India

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5,900,000 t

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178,305,000 t

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#2

107,590,000 t

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#2

Indonesia

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3,000 t

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#46

54,649,202 t

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#4

Iran

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80,000 t

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#23

2,000,000 t

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#28

15,000,000 t

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#12

Israel

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8,000 t

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#43

116,691 t

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#79

Ivory Coast

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240,000 t

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#15

1,481,182 t

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#31

Kazakhstan

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80,000 t

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#24

556,775 t

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#45

14,257,950 t

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#14

Kenya

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4,000 t

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#44

180,890 t

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#66

404,700 t

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#65

Kyrgyzstan

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12,000 t

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#41

44,474 t

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#87

629,052 t

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#59

Malawi

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22,000 t

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#38

145,446 t

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#73

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#117

Mali

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340,000 t

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#10

3,010,027 t

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#24

37,124 t

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#88

Mexico

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231,000 t

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#16

295,338 t

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#56

2,986,689 t

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#33

Morocco

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1,000 t

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#49

46,275 t

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#86

2,561,898 t

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#38

Mozambique

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23,000 t

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#36

137,243 t

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#75

15,000 t

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#94

Myanmar

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153,000 t

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#18

25,100,000 t

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#7

111,215 t

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#80

Nigeria

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93,000 t

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#22

8,172,000 t

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#14

55,000 t

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#87

Pakistan

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981,000 t

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#5

8,419,276 t

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#13

25,247,511 t

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#7

Paraguay

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4,000 t

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#45

1,187,768 t

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#37

1,302,870 t

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#46

People's Republic of China

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5,730,000 t

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#2

211,860,000 t

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#1

134,250,000 t

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Peru

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19,000 t

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#39

3,436,637 t

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#22

187,851 t

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#73

Senegal

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12,000 t

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#42

1,349,723 t

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#33

South Africa

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23,000 t

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#37

3,076 t

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#102

2,109,100 t

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#41

Spain

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66,000 t

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#27

739,230 t

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#43

8,143,510 t

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#18

Sudan

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131,000 t

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#20

34,133 t

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#89

750,821 t

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#57

Syria

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25,000 t

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#35

2,848,472 t

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#35

Tajikistan

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109,000 t

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#21

99,000 t

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#78

846,000 t

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#54

Tanzania

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141,000 t

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#19

4,528,000 t

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#19

77,000 t

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#85

Thailand

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2,000 t

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#47

30,231,025 t

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#6

1,423 t

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#110

Togo

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55,000 t

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#31

160,000 t

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#70

Turkey

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833,000 t

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#7

980,000 t

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#40

20,500,000 t

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#10

Turkmenistan

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299,000 t

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#13

150,000 t

Ranked in the World

#72

1,320,000 t

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#45

Uganda

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45,000 t

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#32

200,000 t

Ranked in the World

#63

25,000 t

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#91

United States of America

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3,963,000 t

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10,322,990 t

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#11

49,690,680 t

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#4

Uzbekistan

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940,000 t

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#6

293,451 t

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#57

6,157,844 t

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#23

Vietnam

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2,000 t

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#48

42,758,897 t

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#5

Zambia

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27,000 t

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#34

34,630 t

Ranked in the World

#88

191,620 t

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#72

Zimbabwe

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57,000 t

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#30

1,336 t

Ranked in the World

#106

150,000 t

Ranked in the World

#75

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